Cheapest Place To Buy An iPod Touch 4th Generation in Ireland?

coylemj wrote: »

Try HMV who before Christmas were giving away vouchers with purchases of iPods. Otherwise I doubt if you'll beat that price in Ireland.

Thanks for your reply.

coylemj wrote: »

I appreciate your economic patriotism but how do you know shopireland.ie isn't a warehouse operation in France or Romania?

I realised that that was possible as I posted this, and I have no idea whether it is or not. Reading about it on the site (shopireland.ie/about), it claims to be part of Amazon, in fact, it says it's just displaying the Amazon prices in euro... So maybe it's just the exact same as buying from amazon.co.uk.

coylemj wrote: »

The iTouch is made in China and most of the profits end up in the pockets of Apple shareholders, most of whom are US pension funds so I wouldn't have a hangup about where I buy it if I'm not buying it from a bricks and mortar shop in Ireland.

Good point.

Dman001 wrote: »

Shopireland.ie is part of Amazon alright. If you really want to keep it local, Argos or HMV will probably be you best bet. Apple goods tend to be around the same price everywhere, but many retailers throw in a freebie with the iPod Touch.

Amazon would be the cheapest though, because of the Sterling difference.

Thanks, any idea what their prices are though? So does that mean that buying from shopireland.ie would be the same as buying from amazon.co.uk?

amazon.com Question:
Does anyone know why they don't ship to Ireland?? Or if they are likely to start shipping iPods to Ireland? I know they ship other stuff so it just seems unfair to not ship iPods.

Does anyone know of any site which will ship iPods to Ireland, and is incredibly cheap? walmart.com and amazon.com are so cheap but they don't ship here. And I know I said I want to buy in Ireland but that was assuming that I can't get one for about 270 euro somewhere else, rather than paying 100-130 euro more than that just to buy it in Ireland or the UK. (I don't think buying in the UK would save me a huge amount of money, which is why I'm not interested in buying there, whereas buying from America would save me 32.5%, or roughly a third. I'm not sure if I can afford this iPod if it will cost me 350 euro or more.

Sales:
When is the price of the iPod Touch likely to drop? Have the prices dropped yet since Christmas? I'm not in a huge rush to get it so I can wait a couple of months if it will mean I save. How soon do iPod prices drop after they are first released? This model was released in September 2010.

coylemj wrote: »

Don't blame Amazon, Apple seem to have a policy on mail order which means that lots of retailers have their hands tied when it comes to Apple gadgets and mail order.

It's probably because no one would buy from the Irish Apple site if they could get iPods shipped from America. On apple.com, the iPod I want is $400, but on the Irish Apple site it's 400 euro, it's probably just because they can charge that much because loads of people will still pay large amounts for iPods because they're probably the best music players available in the country (or the world, but I think China, Japan, and maybe even Korea would probably beat Apple when it comes to music players).

coylemj wrote: »

Apple won't reduce their prices so soon after Christmas, the last thing they want to do is send out a message to the effect that you should not buy in December because the prices may go down in January, they're not that stupid, that's why their market cap. has just gone over the 300 billion mark!

Ok, I just thought they might because a couple of years ago I bought an iPod Nano for 200 euro, and the price went down to 150 euro in January. I proabably bought it two or three months earlier, but I don't know how long it had been out for. When I bought it I don't think it was long on the market in Ireland, but I'm not too sure.

Plus, when loads of kids want iPods from Santa, most parents aren't going to say no even if the price drops after Christmas, recession or no recession. Unless they really can't afford it, they'll probably pay up for your average spoiled little child.